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. 2022 Oct 1;12:16472. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-20595-9

Table 7.

Observation investigation of the stability of NPs at different salinities and dilution ratio of seawater as IW for 7 days.

Nanoparticle The concentration of NPs in brines (ppm) NPs stability in brines
500 1000 2000 2500
SiO2 Stable Stable Stable Unstable Only stable at SW#10D
CuO Unstable Unstable Unstable Unstable Unstable
ZnO Unstable Unstable Unstable Unstable Unstable
Al2O3 Unstable Unstable Unstable Unstable Unstable
MgO Unstable Unstable Unstable Unstable Unstable